THE PERMANENT LABOUR TRIBUNAL ACT, 1967

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I
PRELIMINARY

Section
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Application.
3. Interpretation.
PART II
PROCEDURE FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

4. Trades disputes may be reported to Labour Commissioner.

5. Evidence.
6. Negotiated agreements.
7. Further reference to Labour Commissioner.
8. Reference to Tribunal.
9. Inquiry into trade disputes and industrial conditions.
10. Reference to Tribunal for advice.
PART III
LOCK-OUT AND STRIKES

11. Certain conditions to be fulfilled before lock-out or strike takes

place.
12. Incitement to take part In lock-out or strike In contravention of
section 11.
13. Powers of arrest.
14. Sanction of Director of Public Prosecutions.
PART IV
PERMANENT LABOUR TRIBUNAL

15. Establishment of Tribunal.

16. Jurisdiction of Tribunal.
17. Constitution of Tribunal.
18. Meeting of the Tribunal.
19. Assessors.
20. Official members.
21. Registrar.
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PART V
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL

Section
22. Duties and powers of Tribunal.
23. Registration of negotiated agreements.
24. Awards, etc., may be retrospective.
25. Publication of awards.
26. Interpretation of awards, etc.
27. Awards to be final and binding.
28. Regulation of proceedings.
29. Evidence.
30. Appearance of advocate.
3 1. Sittings may be made public or private.
32. Publication of proceedings.
33. Reports by Tribunal.
PART VI
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING To EMPLOYEES OF
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CORPORATIONS

34. Application of section 35.

35. Certain disputes to be referred to the East African Industrial
Court.
36. Modification of sections 4 and 11.
37. Negotiated agreements between Community or Corporation
and its employees.
PART VII
MISCELLANEOUS

38. Non-application of Arbitration Ordinance.

39. Voluntary agreements to be registered.
40. Extension of awards.
41. Rules and directions.

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42. Repeal Cap. 480.

43. Transitional.
44. Amendment of certain laws.
45. Transitional provisions relating to the amended laws,

FIRST SCHEDULE

PART I
AMENDMENTS To THE REGULATION OF WAGES AND TERMS OF
EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE

PART II
AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE (NEGOTIATING MACHINERY)
ACT, 1962

PART III
AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE (NEGOTIATING
MACHINERY) ACT, 1963

SECOND SCHEDULE

PART I
PRELIMINARY

PART II
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF WAGES
AND TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE

PART III
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE AMENDMENTS TO THE
CIVIL. SERVICE (NEGOTIATING MACHINERY) ACT, 1962

PART IV
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING To THE AMENDMENTS TO THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE (NEGOTIATING MACHINERY) ACT, 1963

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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

No. 41 OF 1967
I ASSENT,

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...... NOVEMBER, 1967

An Act to repeal and replace the Trade Disputes (Settlement) Act,

1962, to establish a Permanent Labour Tribunal, to make further
and better provision for the Settlement of Trade Disputes by
negotiation., conciliation and reference to the Permanent
Labour Tribunal, to amend certain Laws relating to Disputes
in Civil Service and Local Government Service and to provide
for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith
[1ST DECEMBER, 1967]
ENACTED by the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania.
PART I
PRELIMINARY

1. This Act may be cited as the Permanent Labour Tribunal Act,

1967 and shall come into operation on the 1st December, 1967.
2.-(1) Nothing in this Act, other than the provisions of section
44, section 45 and the Schedules hereto, shall apply-

Short title
and
commencement
Application

(a) to employment or service by or under the Government or in

in relation to any office or appointment in the employment or
service of the Government; or
(b) to employment or service in the Local Government Service or
to any office or appointment in the employment or service of
an employing authority as defined in the Local Government
Service Act, 1963.

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(2) For the avoidance of doubts it is hereby declared that, save as

may be otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the provisions of this
Act shall apply to employment or service in Tanganyika by or under
the Community or any Corporation or in relation to any office or
appointment in Tanganyika in the employment or service of the Community or of any Corporation.
Interpretation

3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires''award'' means an award -made by the Tribunal and includes a
negotiated agreement or a voluntary agreement which is registered
by the Tribunal as an award;
''chairman'' means the chairman, of the, Tribunal;
''Corporation'' means a corporation 'within the Community established
pursuant to the Treaty;
''employee'' means any person who has entered into or works under
a contract of service with an employer whether by way of manual
labour, clerical work or otherwise, and whether the contract is
expressed or implied or is oral or in writing;
''employer'' means any person, or any firm, corporation or company,
public authority or body of persons who, or which has entered
into a contract of service to employ any person and includes any
officer of such person, firm, corporation, company, authority or
body who is placed in authority over all other persons employed
by such person, firm, corporation, company, authority or body;
"rock-out" means the closing of a place of employment, or the
suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to
employ any number of persons employed by him, done in
consequence of a trade dispute, not with the intention of finally
determining employment, but with a view to compelling those
persons, or to aid another employer in compelling persons
employed by him, to accept terms or conditions of or affecting
employment;
''Minister'' means the Minister for the time being responsible for
labour matters;
''Registrar'' means the Registrar of the Tribunal;
''strike'' means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed
acting in combination, or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a
common understanding of any number of persons employed to
continue to work for an employer, or a concerted interruption of
work or performance of work on a go-slow basis by any number
of employees, done as a means of compelling their employer or
any person or body of persons employed, or to aid other
employees in compelling their employer or any person or body
of persons employed, to accept or not to accept terms or conditions
of or affecting employment;
''trade dispute'' means any dispute between an employer and
employees in the employment of that employer connected with the
employment or non-employment, or the terms of the employment,
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'the Treaty'' means the Treaty for East African Co-operation a copy
of which is set out in the Schedule to the Treaty for East African
Co-operation (Implementation) Act, 1967;
''Tribunal'' means the Permanent Labour Tribunal established under
section 15;
''the Union'' means the National Union of Tanganyika Workers
established by the National Union of Tanganyika Workers
(Establishment) Act, 1964, or any other body established by the
President under section 5 of that Act;
"wages'' means remuneration and other benefits payable or accruing
to an employee for services rendered under a contract of service.

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PART II
PROCEDURE FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

4. (1) Any trade disputed, whether existing or apprehended, if not trade

otherwise determined, may be reported to the Labour Commissioner
by notice in writing given either by or on behalf of the employer or
on behalf of the employees, by general secretary of a registered
trade union of which the employees are members.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4), where a trade dispute
has been reported to him in accordance with subsection (1), the Labour
Commissioner shall appoint a Labour Officer, or such other person as
he may think fit, to be the conciliator for such dispute:
Provided that where the Labour Commissioner considers that any
machinery for the settlement of trade disputes which exists in the
trade or industry or branch thereof in which the dispute has arisen has
not been made use of by the parties to the dispute, he may, with the
prior approval of the Minister, refer the dispute back to the parties
thereto for negotiation and settlement.
(3) If, in the opinion of the Labour Commissioner, no, or no
sufficient, machinery for the settlement of trade disputes exists in any
trade or industry or branch thereof he shall so inform the Minister and
the Minister may, on being so informed and after consultation with
the employers and the trade union concerned in that trade or industry
or branch thereof, establish, by order published in the Gazette,,
machinery for the settlement of trade disputes within that trade or
industry or branch thereof.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) and subject to
the provisions of section 36, where a trade dispute has been reported
to the Labour Commissioner in accordance with subsection (1) and
both the parties to such dispute apply in writing for the dispute to be
referred to the Tribunal for settlement, or where the Labour
Commissioner, after consultation with parties to the dispute, is of the
opinion that the dispute should be referred to the Tribunal for settlement without any conciliatory measures being first taken in respect
thereof, he shall report the dispute to the Minister, and the Minister
shall within twenty-one days from the date when the dispute was
reported to him either-

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(a) refer the dispute to the Tribunal for settlement; or

(b) refer the dispute back to the Labour Commissioner with a
direction to proceed in accordance with subsection (2):
Provided that the Minister may, if he is of the opinion that there
are special circumstances which make it necessary or desirable to
postpone reference to the Tribunal or reference back to the Labour
Commissioner as aforesaid, postpone such reference for such further
period or periods as he may in writing allow.
(5) Where a dispute has been referred to the Tribunal under the
provisions of subsection (4), the Tribunal shall proceed to consider the
dispute and make an award thereon in accordance with the provisions
of Part IVEvidence

5.-(1) In any proceedings under, or for an offence against, this

Act, a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Labour
Commissioner as to whether a trade dispute has been reported to him
or not or as to whether a trade dispute has been referred back to the
parties thereto or a conciliator appointed, or whether a trade dispute
has been reported to the Minister under the provisions of subsection (4)
of section 4, shall be admissible without further proof as evidence of
the facts stated therein.
(2) In any proceedings under, or for an offence against this Act,
a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Minister as to
whether he has or has not made a reference to, the Tribunal or
reference back to the Labour Commissioner under the provisions of
subsection (4) of section 4 on or by a date specified therein, or that he
has or has not postponed the period for such reference or reference
back under the proviso to subsection (4) of section 4 and, where he
has postponed such period, specifying the further period within which
such reference or reference back shall be made, shall be admissible
without further proof as evidence of the facts stated therein.

Negotiated
agreements

6.-(1) Where, under section 4, a conciliator is appointed for any

trade dispute, he shall use his best endeavors to conciliate the parties
to the dispute and effect a settlement thereof and may for this purpose
make use of any machinery for the settlement of trade disputes which
may exist in the trade or industry or branch thereof in which the
dispute has arisen.
(2) Any settlement effected as provided for in subsection (1) shall
be recorded in writing by the parties thereto and on being endorsed
by the Labour Commissioner shall be known, and is in this Act
referred to, as a negotiated agreement.
(3) The Labour Commissioner shall submit every negotiated
agreement to the Minister together with a report setting forth the
following particulars:
(a) the rate of wages payable prior to the agreement;
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(c) the increase in labour costs in the event of the agreement being
enforced-,
(d) the expected increase in labour productivity in the trade or
industry affected by the agreement;
(e) whether any redundancy in such trade or industry is likely to
ensue;
(f) the effect of the agreement on the price of the product
concerned; and
(g) whether the agreement, if enforced, is likely to affect any plan
for expansion in the trade or industry concerned.
(4) On receipt of the negotiated agreement and of the report under
subsection (3) the Minister shall transmit the agreement, the report
and any comments which he may wish to make thereon to the
Tribunal and the Tribunal shall proceed to consider the same in
accordance with the provisions of section 23.
(5) Subject to section 37 no negotiated agreement shall become
operative or be binding upon the parties thereto unless it is registered
by the Tribunal under section 23.
7.-(1) Where a conciliator appointed under section 4 is unable to
effect a settlement of the trade dispute he shall report the fact to the
Labour Commissioner.
(2) On receipt of a report under subsection (1), the Labour
Commissioner shall report the dispute to the Minister.
8. (1) Where a trade dispute is reported to the Minister under
subsection (2) of section 7 the Minister shall, within twenty-one days
from the date when the trade dispute was reported to, him, refer the
dispute to the Tribunal:
Provided that the Minister may, if he is of the opinion that there
are special circumstances which make it necessary or desirable to postpone reference of the dispute to the Tribunal, postpone such reference
for such further period or periods as he may in writing allow.
(2) Where a trade dispute has been referred to the Tribunal under
the provisions of subsection (1), the Tribunal shall proceed to consider
the dispute and make an award thereon in accordance with the provisions of Part V.
(3) In any proceeding under, or for an offence against, this Act,
a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Minister that he
has or has not made a reference to the Tribunal under subsection (1)
on or by a date specified therein, or that he has or has not postponed
the period for reference to the Tribunal, and, where he has postponed
such period, specifying the further period within which such reference
shall be made, shall be admissible in evidence without further proof
and shall be conclusive evidence of the matters stated therein.

Further
reference
to Labour
Commissioner

Reference
to Tribunal

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trade
disputes
and
industrial
conditions

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9.-(1) Where any trade dispute exists or is apprehended, the Labour

Commissioner may, whether or not the trade dispute is reported to him
under the provisions of this Act, inquire into the causes and circum.stances of such trade dispute and, with the approval of the Minister,
refer any matters appearing to him to be connected with or relevant
to such trade dispute to the Tribunal and the Tribunal shall inquire
into the matters referred to it and report thereon to the Minister:
Provided that where such dispute relates to a matter in connection
with which a minimum wage board or a wages council or any other
body for the inquiry into or regulation of wages or terms of employment has been appointed under the provisions of the Regulation of
Wages and Terms of Employment Ordinance or any other law for
the time being in force, such dispute shall be referred to such minimum
wage board, wages council or other body.
(2) The Minister may at any time refer any matter connected with
the economic or industrial condition of Tanganyika and affecting
labour conditions, terms of service or any other aspect of relations
between employers and employees, or relating to wage policy, to the
Tribunal and the Tribunal shall inquire into every such matter referred
to it and report thereon to the Minister.
10. Without prejudice to the other provisions to this Act, the Labour
Commissioner may, where a trade dispute exists or is apprehended
refer to the Tribunal for advice on any matter relating to or arising out
of the trade dispute which, in his opinion, ought to be so referred,
and the Tribunal shall inquire into every such matter referred to and
advise the Labour Commissioner thereon.
PART III
LOCK-OUT AND STRIKES

Certain
conditions
to be
fulfilled
before
lock-out
or strike
takes
place

11.-(l) No employer shall take part in a lock-out and no employee

shall take part in a strike unless the conditions specified in subsection
(2) and which are applicable to the occasion have been fulfilled.
(2) The conditions to be fulfilled for the purposes of subsection (1)
are as follows:
(a) a trade dispute exists between that employer and his employees
or between those employees and their employer and the dispute
has been reported to the Labour Commissioner in accordance
with subsection (1) of section 4; and
(b) the Labour Commissioner has either(i) appointed a conciliator for the trade dispute in accordance
with subsection (2) of section 4; or
(ii) reported the trade dispute directly to the Minister in accordance with subsection (4) of section 4; and
(c) (i) where the Labour Commissioner has appointed a conciliator
either in accordance with subsection (2) of section 4 or after
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(A) the conciliator has been unable to effect a settlement of

the trade dispute and the Labour Commissioner has
reported the trade dispute to the Minister under subsection (2) of section 7; and
(B) twenty-one days, or if any further period or periods
have been allowed by the Minister under the proviso
to subsection (1) of section 8, twenty-one days and such
further period or periods, have elapsed since the date
of the report to the Minister; or
(ii) where the Labour Commissioner has reported the trade
dispute to the Minister in accordance with subsection (4) of
section 4, twenty-one days, or if any further period or periods
have been allowed by the Minister under the proviso to
the said subsection, twenty-one days and such further period
or periods have elapsed since the date of the report to the
Minister; and
(d) (i) during the period referred to in paragraph (c) (i) the trade
dispute has not(a) been settled; nor
(b) been referred to the Tribunal for settlement; or
(ii) during the period referred to in paragraph (c) (ii) the trade
dispute ha s not(a) been settled; nor
(b) been referred to the Tribunal for settlement, nor
(c) been referred back to the Labour Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsection (4) of section 4.
(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding one thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months o r to both such fine and imprisonment.
12. Any person who procures or incites another person to take part
in a lock-out or strike in contravention of the provisions of section 11
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
not exceeding three thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding fifteen months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
13. Any police officer may arrest without a warrant any person whom
he reasonably suspects of having committed an offence against section
11 or section 1 2.
14. No prosecution for a contravention of section 11 or section 12
shall be instituted save by, or with the consent of, the Director of
Public Prosecutions.

Incitement
to take
part inlock-out or
strike in
contravention of
section 11
Power of
arrest
Sanction of
Director of
Public
Prosecution

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PART IV
PERMANENT LABOUR TRIBUNAL
Establishment of
Tribunal
Jurisdiction
of Tribunal

15. There is hereby established a tribunal to be known as the Permanent Labour Tribunal.
16. The Tribunal shall have jurisdiction(a) to hear and determine an trade dispute referred to it under the
provisions of this Act;
(b) to register negotiated agreements and voluntary agreement and
to hear and determine matters relating to the registration of such
agreements;
(c) to inquire into any matter referred to it under this Act and to
report to the Minister on such matters;
(d) to advise the Labour Commissioner on any matter referred to
it by him under section 10; and
(e) to exercise such functions and powers as are conferred upon
it by this Act or as may be conferred upon it by written law.

Constitution
of Tribunal

17.-(1) The Tribunal shall consist of a chairman and a deputy

chairman each of whom shall be appointed by the President and shall
hold office, unless he, sooner dies or resigns or vacates or is removed
from his office by the President, for the period specified in the instrument by which he is appointed, and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(2) The deputy chairman shall exercise the functions of the chairman where(a) the chairman is absent from the United Republic; or
(b) the chairman is, by reason of illness or incapacity, unable to
exercise such functions; or
(c) the chairman directs the deputy chairman to exercise any of
such functions:
Provided that no proceedings of the Tribunal shall be invalid by
reason of the deputy chairman having exercised the functions of the
chairman otherwise than in the circumstances specified in this subsection.

meetings of
the Tribunal

18. The Tribunal shall sit on such occasions and at such places as
the chairman may direct.

Assessors

19.-(1) The jurisdiction of the Tribunal shall be exercised by the

chairman sitting with two assessors one of whom shall be selected by
the Minister either from any panel of assessors submitted to him
by the Union or from amongst the members of the Union and the
other shall be selected by the Minister either from any panel of assessor
submitted to him by the Minister either from any panel of assessor
other body of person which, in the opinion of the Minister, represents
the interests of the employers in Tanganyika or from amongst the
members of the Federation or such body.

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(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) if in the course of any proceedings

before the Tribunal either or both of the assessors who were present
at the commencement of the proceedings is or are absent, the chairman
and the remaining assessor (if any) may continue and conclude the
proceedings notwithstanding such absence.
(3) At the conclusion of any proceedings before the Tribunal the
chairman shall seek and record the opinion, of the assessors present
at such conclusion.
(4) The chairman shall not be bound by the opinion of t e assessors
but if he disagrees with the opinion of an assessor he shall record the
opinion of that assessor and the reasons' for his disagreement.
(5) No proceedings shall be invalid by reason of any irregularity in
the selection of any assessor.
20.-(1) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Part the
Official
President may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint such number of members
members of the Tribunal as may deem fit and may , by order in the
Gazette, direct that the jurisdiction of the Tribunal shall, for the
purposes of determining
be specified in the order, be exercised by the chairman sitting with
two of such members in addition to the assessors as required by
section 19.
(2) Where the President has made an order under subsection (2)
the chairman shall, in proceedings relating to any matter to which such
order relates, sit with any two of the member appointed by the
President in addition to the assessors and every such proceedings shall
be determined in accordance with the opinion of the majority of such
members including, the chairman.
Registrar
21.-(1) There shall be a Registrar of the Tribunal who shall be
assisted in the performance of his functions by such number of officers
as may be necessary.
(2) The offices of the Registrar and of the other staff of the Tribunal
shall be offices in the service of the United Republic.
PART V
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL

22. Where any trade dispute or other matter is referred to the Duties and
Tribunal, the Tribunal shall proceed to inquire into such dispute or power of
Tribunal
matter without undue delay and(a) shall hear, receive and consider any submissions, arguments or
evidence made, presented or tendered(i) by or on behalf of the employees concerned;
(ii) by or on behalf of the trade union of which such employees
may be members;
(iii) by or on behalf of the employer concerned; and
(iv) by or on behalf of any body of persons which, in the opinion
of the Tribunal, represents the interests of the employers in
Tanganyika
and of which the employer concerned is a
member;

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(b) may seek advice, in such manner as it may think appropriate,

on the Government's financial and economic policies from any
public officer or public department;
(c) may seek advice, in such manner as it may think appropriate,
on any financial or economic matters from any body corporate
established by or under any written law which may, in the opinion
of the Tribunal, be able to give such advice;
(d) may consult, in such manner as it may think appropriate, any
institution or organization based in the United Republic and
carrying out research on any aspect of the economy of the
United Republic;
(e) shall, in making any award, report or decision or in giving any
advice, have regard, insofar as the same may be relevant, to(i) the need to maintain a high level of domestic capital
accumulation with a view to increasing the rate of economic
growth and to providing greater employment opportunities;
(ii) the need to maintain and expand the level of employment;
(iii) the need to develop payment-by-result schemes, or other
wage incentive structures, which will induce an employee to
make greater effort and relate increases in remuneration to
improvements in labour productivity;
(iv) the need to prevent gains in the wages of employees from
being affected adversely by unnecessary and unjustified price
increases;
(v) the need to preserve and promote the competitive position
of local products in the domestic market as well as in the
overseas markets;
(vi) the need to establish and maintain reasonable differential
in rewards between different categories of skills and level
of responsibility;
(vii) the need for the United Republic to maintain a favourable
balance of trade and balance of payments;
(viii) the need to ensure the continued ability of Government to
finance development programmes and recurrent expenditure
in the public sector;
(ix) the need to maintain a fair relation between the income
of different sectors of the community; and
(x) such other factors as the President may specify in directive
which he may, from time to time, issue to the chairman.
23.-(1) Where a negotiated agreement is submitted to the Tribunal
under section 6 the Tribunal shall examine such agreement, the report
of the Labour Commissioner accompanying the agreement and any
comments which the Minister may have made relating to the agreement,
and shall proceed to decide whether or not to register the agreement.
(2) The provisions of section 22 shall apply to proceedings relating
to registration of a negotiated agreement.
(3) The Tribunal may, where a negotiated agreement is submitted
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(a) register the agreement as an award without any modification;

(b) register the agreement as an award after making such modifications thereto as the parties to the agreement may consent to; or
(c) refuse to register the agreement.
(4) Where a negotiated agreement is registered whether with or
without any modification, the agreement so registered shall be deemed
to be an award.
(5) Where the Tribunal refuses to register any negotiated agreement,
the Minister shall refer the matter back to the conciliator for further
negotiations with the parties concerned and, notwithstanding the
negotiated agreement, the dispute between the parties shall be deemed
to have revived and the reference back to the conciliator shall be
deemed to be reference to a conciliator under subsection (2) of
section 4.
24. Any award or negotiated agreement concerning a trade dispute
which is made or effected by a conciliator or the Tribunal may be may be
made retrospective.

Award, etc
may be
retrospective

25. No award shall take effect until the date of its publication in the
Gazette:
Provided that where an award is expressed to have retrospective
effect it shall, on the date of its publication in the Gazette, have effect
from the date specified in the award.

Publication
of awards

26.-(1) If any question arises as to the interpretation of any award

of the Tribunal, the Minister or the Labour Commissioner or any party
to the award may apply to the Tribunal for a decision on such question,
and the Tribunal shall decide the matter after hearing the parties, or
without such hearing, as it thinks fit. The decision of the Tribunal
shall be notified to the parties and shall be deemed to form part of
and shall have the same effect in all respects as the award.

Interpretation of
awards, etc

(2) If any question arises as to the interpretation of any negotiated

agreement prior to its registration, the provisions of subsection (1) shall
apply thereto in every respect except that the conciliator shall perform
the functions assigned by that subsection to the Tribunal.
27.-(1) Every award and decision of the Tribunal shall be final
and d shall not be liable to be challenged, reviewed, questioned or called
in question in any court save on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction.
(2) Every award shall be binding on the employers and employees
to whom the same relates and as from the date of the publication in
the Gazette of such award or, where the award is made retrospective,
as from such date which may be specified therein pursuant to section
24, it shall be an implied term of the contract between the employers
and employees to whom the award relates that the rate of wages to be
paid and the conditions of employment to be observed under the
contract shall be in accordance with such award until varied by a
subsequent award, or by agreement.

Awards to
be final
and
binding

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(3) No application to vary any award shall, except with the written
permission of the Minister, be made within twelve months of the date
of publication in the Gazette of such award and no trade disputed in
connection with the terms of any award shall, within such period, be
report to the Labour Commissiner under section 4.
28. Save as is otherwise expressly provided in this Act, or in rules
made hereunder, a conciliator or the Tribunal, as the case may be,
may regulate the procedure in any proceedings under this Act as he
or it shall think fit29.-(l) A conciliator or the Tribunal, for the purpose of dealing
with any matter referred to him or it under this Act, shall be entitled
to elicit all such information as in the circumstances may be
considered necessary, without being bound by the rules If evidence in
civil or criminal proceedings, and may by order require any person(a) to furnish, in writing or otherwise, such particulars in relation to
any matter as may be required; or
(b) to attend before the conciliator or the Tribunal and give evidence
on oath or otherwise; or
(c) to produce any document:
Provided that if any witness refuses to furnish any particulars or to
answer any question or to produce any document on the ground that
it will tend to incriminate him or on any other lawful ground, he
shall not be required to furnish such particulars or to answer such
question or to produce such document, nor shall he be liable to any
penalty f or refusing so to do.
(2) Any person who, without such lawful excuse as aforesaid, fails
to obey an order given under the provisions of subsection (1) shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding one thousand shillings.

Appearance
of advocate

sittings
may be
public or
Private
Publication
of proceedings

30. It shall be in the discretion of a conciliator or the Tribunal, as

the case may be, to permit or not to permit any interested person to
appear by advocate in any proceedings under this Act before such
conciliator or the Tribunal.
31. It shall be in the discretion of a conciliator or the Tribunal, as
the case may be, to admit or exclude the Public or representatives
of the Press from any proceedings under this Act.
32.-(1) Where representatives of the Press are allowed to be
present at any proceeding under this Act, and not otherwise, a fair
and accurate report or summary of the proceedings including the
evidence adduced thereat may be published:
Provided that until the award or the result of the inquiry has been
published by the order of the Minister or of the Tribunal, no comments
shall be published in respect of the proceedings or any evidence
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And provided that the terms of any award or negotiated agreement

or the result of any inquiry shall not be published until the award or
the negotiated agreement or the result of the inquiry or the decision
of the Tribunal has been published by the order of the Minister or of
the Tribunal.
(2) Any person who, before an award or negotiated agreement or
the result of an inquiry or the decision of the Tribunal has been
published by the order of the Minister or of the Tribunal, publishes(a) the terms of the award or negotiated agreement or the result of
the inquiry; or
(b) any comment on the proceedings or any evidence adduced
thereat,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding five thousand shillings.
33. (1) So soon as may be after the thirtieth of June in every year
the Minister shall cause to be prepared and laid before the National
Assembly a report of the Tribunal's operations and activities during
the twelve months preceding the first day of July in such year.
(2) The chairman shall cause to be prepared and submitted to the
Minister a report of the Tribunal's operations and activities at such
intervals as the Minister may direct.

Report by
Tribunal

PART VI
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING To EMPLOYEES OF EAST AFRICAN
COMMUNITY AND CORPORATIONS

34.-Section 35 shall extend to and in respect of Zanzibar as well

as to and in respect of Tanganyika.
35.-(l) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act or of any law
in Zanzibar, where(a) a trade dispute exists between persons in the employment or
service in Tanganyika or Zanzibar under the Community or any
Corporation and the Community or Corporation; and
(b) the dispute relates to the wages or other terms and conditions of
service of the persons under such employment or service; and
(c) any conciliatory measures taken in accordance with section 4 of
this Act or in accordance with the provisions of any relevant
law of Zanzibar, as the case may be, have failed to bring the
parties to the dispute to a settlement,
the dispute shall be referred to the East African Industrial Court
established pursuant to Article 85 of the Treaty and such Court shall
have power to hear and determine the dispute and to make an award
thereon.
(2) Every award made by the East African Industrial Court under
subsection (1) shall have the same force and effect as an award made
by the Tribunal would have in Tanganyika.

Application
of section 35
Certain
disputes to
be referred
to the East
African
Industrial
Court

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Modification
of sections
4 and 11

Negotiated
agreements
between
Community
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36. Subsection (4) of section 4 and paragraph (d) (ii) (b) of subsection (2) of section 11 shall apply to persons in the employment or
service under the Community or any Corporation in relation to any
dispute relating to their wages or other terms and conditions of
their service, as if references therein to the Tribunal were references
to the East African Industrial Court.
37.-(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (3), (4) and
(5) of section 6 or of section 23, where a negotiated agreement is
concluded between persons in t he employment or service under the
Community or a Corporation and their employers relating to, wages
or other terms and conditions of their service, such negotiated agreement shall not be required to be submitted to the Tribunal and shall
be binding upon the parties to whom it relates in the same manner
as an award:
Provided that no negotiated agreement to which this section applies
shall take effect until the date of its publication in the Gazette.And provided that where such negotiated agreement is expressed to
have retrospective effect it shall, on the date of its publication in the
Gazette, have effect from the date specified in the award.
(2) For the avoidance of doubts it is hereby declared that the
provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of section 27 shall apply, mutatis
mutandis, to a negotiated agreement to which this section applies m
the same manner as they apply to an award.
PART VII
MISCELLANEOUS

Non-application of
Arbitration
Ordinance
Cap. 15

38. The Arbitration Ordinance shall not apply to any proceedings

or award under this Act.

Voluntary
agreements
to be
registered

39.-(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any written

law where any agreement is reached between any trade union and any
employer respecting the wages or terms of service of the employees or
any group of employees employed by the employer, such agreement (in
this Act referred to as a ''voluntary agreement'') shall be recorded in
writing by the parties thereto and submitted to the Labour Commissioner.
(2) On receipt of a voluntary agreement the Labour Commissioner
shall submit the same to the Minister together with a report setting forth
the following particulars: (a) the rate of wages payable prior to the agreement;
(b) the date of the last revision of wages;
(c) the increase in labour costs in the event of the agreement being
enforced;
(d) the expected increase in labour productivity in the trade or
industry affected by the agreement;
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(f) the effect of the agreement on the price of the product concerned;
and
(g) whether the agreement, if enforced, is likely to affect any plan for
expansion in the trade or industry concerned.
(3) The Minister shall transmit the voluntary agreement, the Labour
Commissioner's report and any comments which he may wish to make
thereon to the Tribunal.
(4) No voluntary agreement shall be operative or be binding on the
parties thereto unless it is registered by the Tribunal.
(5) Where a voluntary agreement is submitted to the Tribunal the
Tribunal shall examine such agreement, the Labour Commissioner's
report and any comments which the Minister may have made thereto
and shall proceed to decide whether or not to register the agreement.
(6) The provisions of section 22 shall apply to proceedings relating
to registration of a voluntary agreement.
(7) The Tribunal may, where a voluntary agreement is submitted
to it(a) register the agreement as an award without any modification;
(b) register the agreement as an award after making such modifications thereto as the parties to the agreement may consent to; or
(c) refuse to register the agreement.
(8) Where a voluntary agreement is registered, whether with or without any modification, the agreement so registered shall be deemed to be
an award and shall take effect from the date of its publication in the
Gazette or such earlier date as may be specified therein.
(9) Nothing in this section shall apply to any voluntary agreement
between any trade union and the Community or any Corporation
respecting the wages or terms of employment of the employees of the
Community or Corporation.
40.-(1) Where the Minister is of the opinion that it is desirable to
extend any award effected under the provisions of this Act in respect
of an undertaking of any trade or industry to any other undertaking of
that trade or industry, he may submit a proposal for such extension
to the Tribunal.
(2) Where a proposal is submitted to the Tribunal under subsection
(1), the Tribunal shall proceed to consider the same in accordance
with provisions of Part V and may, if it is satisfied that the proposed
extension is desirable, make an order extending the award in such
manner as it may direct.
(3) An order made by the Tribunal under subsection (2) may be
retrospective.
(4) When an award is extended to any undertaking of any trade or
industry the award shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (5).
have effect within that undertaking as if it had been effected in and in
relation to that undertaking.
(5) The provisions of section 25 shall apply, mutatis mutandis. to
an order made under subsection (2).

Extension
of awards

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41.-(1) The Minister may make rules(a) prescribing the procedure to be followed in any proceedings
before a conciliator or the Tribunal;
(b) prescribing such abstracts of this Act and such notices in such
language or languages as he may think fit and providing for the
publication, display and dissemination of the same by employers
and trade unions; and
(c) generally for the better carrying into effect of the purposes of
this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) the Minister may give directions, not inconsistent with any
rules made under that paragraph, relating to the scope, method and
conduct of any specific proceedings.

Repeal
Cap. 480
Transitional

42. The Trade Disputes (Settlement) Act, 1962 (hereinafter in this

Part referred to as ''the 1962 Act'') is hereby repealed.
43. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 42(a) where at the commencement of this Act any trade dispute has
been reported to the Labour Commissioner under the Provisions of subsection (1) of section 3 of the 1962 Act such trade
dispute shall be deemed to have been reported to him under
the provisions of subsection (1) of section 4 of this Act;
(b) where at the commencement of this Act any proceedings are
pending before a conciliator appointed under the 1962 Act and
no settlement has been effected by him, such conciliator shall be
deemed to have been appointed under the provisions of this
Act and the provisions of section 6 of this Act shall apply to the
proceedings before him;
(c) where at the commencement of this Act a negotiated agreement
has been concluded between the parties to a trade dispute under
the provisions of subsection (2) of section 5 of the 1962 Act and(i) if such negotiated agreement has been published in accordance with subsection (3) of that section, the negotiated agreement shall have the same force and effect as a negotiated
agreement duly registered by the Tribunal tinder this Act;
(ii) if such negotiated agreement has not been so published the
provisions of sections 6 and 23 of this Act shall apply to the
agreement,
(d) where at the commencement of this Act a dispute has been
reported to the Minister under paragraph (b) of subsection (2)
of section 6 or under subsection (2) of section 7 of the 1962
Act, such dispute shall be deemed to have been reported to the
Minister under subsection (2) of section 7 of this Act and t he
Minister shall proceed in respect of such dispute in accordance
with the provisions of section 8 of this Act;
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(i) has been referred to a Tribunal for settlement under subsection (1) of section 8 of the 1962 Act;
(ii) has been referred to a Board of Enquiry under section 9 of
the 1962 Act; or
(iii) has been referred for advice to a Tribunal under section 12
of the 19,62 Act,
such Tribunal or the Board, as the case may be, shall continue in
existence and shall proceed to consider such matter and make an
award thereon or make a report thereon or give advice in respect
thereto as if this Act had not been enacted and every such Board or
Tribunal shall have the same powers and shall be subject to the
same obligations as are conferred or imposed upon it by the 1962
Act and the provisions of the 1962 Act relating to the constitution
of such Board or Tribunal shall continue to apply to it;
(f) where at the commencement of this Act a Tribunal appointed
under the 1962 Act has made an award which has not been
confirmed by the Minister under subsection (3) of section 22 of
that Act, or where any such Tribunal makes an award after
the commencement of this Act pursuant to the powers vested
in i t by paragraph (e) of this section, the Tribunal shall submit
the award to the Minister who shall submit the same to the
Permanent Labour Tribunal and the Tribunal shall proceed to
consider the award as if such award were a negotiated agreement
submitted to it under section 6 of this Act:
Provided that, in relation to an award submitted to the
Tribunal under this paragraph, the Tribunal shall register the
award either without any modification or with such modifications
as it may deem appropriate whether or not the parties thereto
consent to such modifications;
(g) where the Tribunal registers an award under paragraph (f) the
award shall be deemed to be an award of the Tribunal;
(h) where at the commencement of this Act a Tribunal established
under the provisions of the 1962 Act has made an award which
has been confirmed by the Minister under section 22 of that
Act, such award shall, whether or not the same has been
published in the Gazette as required by subsection (3) of the
said section 22, be deemed to be an award made by the Permanent Labour Tribunal under the provisions of this Act; and
if such award has not been published in the Gazette, the Minister
shall cause the same to be so published as soon as may be
practicable.
44. The laws set out in the first and second columns on the First
Schedule to this Act are amended in the manner specified m the third
column of the said Schedule.
45. The transitional provisions set out in the Second Schedule to
this Act shall have effect in respect of the laws amended in the First
Schedule to this Act.

Amendment
of certain
laws
Transitional
provisions
relating to
the amended
laws

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FIRST SCHEDULE

PART I
1.
Cap. 300

2.
Regulation
Of Wages
and Terms of
Employment
Ordinance

3.
(1) Section 2 is amended by adding, immediately
below the definition ''out-worker'' the following definition:
''the Tribunal'' means the Permanent Labour
Tribunal established by the Permanent Labour
Tribunal Act, 1967.
(2) Section 4 is repealed and replaced by the following:
"Establish4.-(1) The Minister may, if he is
ment of
of the opinion that it is expedient to fix
minimum
a basic minimum wage in respect of
wage boards any employees or class of employees not
excepted from the application of this
and
determina- Ordinance, make an order establishing
tion of
a minimum wage board to enquire into
basic
the matter.
minimum
(2) Before establishing a board under
wages
subsection (1), the Minister shall publish
in the Gazette a notice of his intention
to establish such board and every such
notice shall set forth the proposed terms
of reference of the board intended to
be established and shall specify the
time within which any objection to
the proposed establishment of the board
or to any of the proposed terms of
reference shall be sent to the Minister,
(3) Every objection shall be in writing and shall state(a) the specified grounds of objection;
(b) the omissions, additions or
modifications asked for,
and the Minister shall consider any such
objection made by or on behalf of any
person appearing to him to be affected,
being an objection sent to the Minister
within the time specified in the notice,
but shall not be bound to consider any
other objection.
(4) After considering the objections
which the Minister is required b subsection (3) to consider, the Mister
may(a) proceed to make an order establishing a board as proposed by
him in the notice or subject to
such modifications as he may
think fit; or
(b) abandon the intention to establish
the proposed board and make no
order.
(5) Every order establishing a board
shall be published in the Gazette and
in at least one local newspaper circulating in Tanganyika, and the order
shall come into operation on the date
on which it is so published in the
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(6) Where a board is established in

accordance with this section, the board
shall proceed to consider the matters
within its terms of reference and shall
submit its recommendations relating to
such matters to the Minister.
(7) The recommendations of a board
shall be deemed to be a wages regulation proposal within the meaning of
section 10 of this Ordinance.''
(3) Section 10 is amended(a) by deleting subsection (3) and substituting
therefor the following:''(3) Where the Minister receives any wages
regulation proposal in pursuance of the provisions of this section or section 4 he shall
submit the proposal to the Tribunal together
with such comments as he may wish to make
thereon.
(3A) On receipt of any wages regulation
proposal from the Minister, the Tribunal shall
proceed to consider the same together with any
comments which the Minister may have
submitted in respect thereto, and shall submit
its recommendations in respect thereof to the
Minister.
(3B) In considering any wages regulation
Proposal under subsection (3A) the Tribunal shall
have the same powers and shall be subject to
the same obligations, with such modifications
as may be necessary, as if such proposal was a
matter referred to it under the Permanent
Labour Tribunal Act, 1967.
(3c) On receipt of the recommendations of
the Tribunal in respect of any wages regulation
proposal the Minister shall, with the approval
of the President(a) make an order (hereinafter referred to
as a wages regulation order) giving effect
to such proposals either(i) as submitted by the council or board,
as the case may be; or
Oi) with such modifications as the
President may authorize,
and such wages regulation order shall
take effect, subject to the provisions of
subsection (4) of this section, from such
day as may be specified therein; or
(b) reject the proposal and make no order.'';
N in subsection (4) by deleting ''(3)'' where it
occurs in the first line and substituting therefor
(3c);
(c) by adding the following subsection immediately
below subsection (6):
may, after consultation
''(7) The Minister
with the Tribunal and with the approval of the
President, by order published in the Gazette
exempt any employees or class of employees
from any wages regulation order made under
this section and where any employees or class
of employees are exempted from any wages
regulations order, such order shall cease to
apply to such employees or class of employees
from the date of the publication of exemption
order or from such later date as may be
specified in the exemption order.''

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PART II
1.
Cap. 484

2.
The Civil
Service
(Negotiating
Machinery)
Act, 1962

3.
(1) Subsection (1) of section 2 is amended(a) by deleting the definition ''award'' and substituting therefor the following:
"award'' means an award made by the
President under section 13;'';
(b) by deleting the definition ''Board'';
(c) in the definition ''strike'' by inserting immediately after the word and comma ''employer,'' in the fourth line, the words ''or a
concerted interruption of work or performance of work on a go-slow basis by any
number of employees,'';
(d) by deleting the full stop at the end of the
definition ''trade union'', substituting therefor a comma and inserting, immediately
below such definition, the following:
''the Tribunal'' means the Permanent Labour
Tribunal established by the Permanent
Labour Tribunal Act, 1967.11
(2) Section 7 is amended by deleting subsections (2)
and (3) and substituting therefor the following:
"(2) Every agreement recorded and signed in
accordance with subsection (1) shall be submitted
to the Minister who shall submit the same,
together with such comments as he may wish to
make thereon, to the Tribunal.
(3) Where an agreement is submitted to the
Tribunal under subsection (2) the Tribunal shall
consider the same and make recommendations
relating thereto to the President.
(4) In considering an agreement under this
section the Tribunal shall have the same powers
and shall be subject to the same obligations, with
such modifications as may be necessary, as if
such agreement were a matter referred to it under
the Permanent Labour Tribunal Act, 1967.
(5) On receipt of the recommendations of the
Tribunal in respect of any agreement under this
section the President shall direct(a) that the agreement be accepted by the
Government without any modifications; or
(b) that the agreement be accepted by the
Government with such modifications as may
be specified by him; or
(c) that the agreement be rejected by the Government.
(6) Every direction given by the President under
subsection (5) in respect of any agreement under
subsection (1) shall be final and binding upon
the Government and those junior civil servants
to whom the agreement relates for a period of
twelve months from the date of such direction
and no application to negotiate another agreement
relating to any matter covered by the agreement
or to vary the agreement or matter which
involves the variation of the agreement shall,
save with the prior permission of the Minister,
be placed upon the agenda of or discussed within
the Council until the expiration of such period
of twelve months.
(7) Where the President has directed that an
agreement under subsection (1) be accepted by
the Government with or without any modification,
the Minister may, if he considers it desirable,
cause the agreement, with any modification
specified in the President's direction, to be
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(3) Section 9 is amended by deleting the words "a

Board'' in paragraph (b) thereof and substituting
therefor the word ''the Tribunal''.
(4) Section It is repealed and replaced by the
following: ''Reference
to Tribunal

11.-(1) Where under paragraph (b)

of section 9, the Minister refers a dispute
to the Tribunal, the Tribunal shall
consider the causes and circumstances of
the dispute and shall submit its report
in respect thereof to the Minister.
(2) In considering a dispute under this
section the Tribunal shall have the
same powers and shall be subject to the
same obligations, with such modifications
as may be necessary, as if such dispute
were a matter referred to it under the
Permanent Labour Tribunal Act, 1967.''

(5) Section 12 is amended(a) in subsections (1) and (2) by deleting the words
''a Board'' wheresoever they occur therein and
substituting therefor the words ''the Tribunal'';
and
(b) by deleting subsection (3) and substituting therefor the following: "(3) Where a disputed is referred to the
Tribunal under section
submit its report in respect of such dispute to
the Minister without delay and, where practicable, within twenty-one days from the date Of
reference.".
(6) Section 13 is hereby repeated and replaced by the
following:Award by
13.-(1) Where the report of the
the President Tribunal in respect of any dispute refer-

red to it under section 9 is submitted to

the Minister, the Minister shall without
delay and, if practicable within fourteen
days of such receipt, submit the report
together with any comments he may wish
to make thereon, to the President.
(2) On receipt of the report of the
Tribunal and the comments of the
Minister, the President may, after considering the same, make an award on the
dispute.
(3) Any award made by the President
under this section may be expressed to
have retrospective effect and shall be
made within twenty-one days from the
date on which the recommendations of
the Tribunal and the comments, if any,
of the Minister were submitted to the
president unless, in the opinion of the
President, the special circumstances of
the case make it necessary or desirable
to postpone the making of the award for
such period or periods, as the President
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(4) In any proceedings under, or for

an offence against this Act, a certificate
purporting to be under the hand of the
Minister that the President has or has
not made an award on or by a date
specified therein, or that the President
has or has not postponed the period for
making an award and, where the
President has postponed such period,
specifying the further period within which
the award shall be made, shall be
admissible in evidence without further
proof and shall be conclusive evidence
of the facts stated therein.''
(7) Section 14 is amended by deleting the word
''Minister'' in the first line and substituting therefor
the word ''President''
(8) Section 15 is amended(a) by deleting the word ''Minister'' in the first
line and substituting therefor the word
President ''. and
(b) by deleting the words ''report of the Board''
in the second line and substituting therefor the
words ''report of the Tribunal''.
(9) Section 16 is amended by deleting the word
''Minister'' in the first line and substituting therefor
the word ''President''
(10) Subsection (2) of section 17 is amended(a) by deleting the words ''a Board'' in paragraph
(c) (i) (q) and substituting therefor the words
''the Tribunal''; and
(b) paragraph (c) (ii)(i) by deleting the words ''a Board'' and ''the
Board'' wheresoever they occur therein and
substituting therefor in each case the words
''the Tribunal''; and
(ii) by deleting the word ''Minister'' wheresoever
it occurs therein and substituting therefor the
word ''President''
(11) Part V is deleted.
(12) Section 26 is repealed.
(13) Section 27 is repealed and replaced by the
following -. ''Regulations and
directions

27.-(1) The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying into
effect of the provisions and purposes of
this Act and, without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, may make
regulations prescribing any thing that is
to be prescribed under this Act.
(2) The Minister may give directions
relating to the scope, method and conduct
of any proceedings before the Tribunal
under this Act:
Provided that no such direction shall
be inconsistent with any provision of the
Permanent Labour Tribunal Act, 1967
relating to the powers and duties of the
Tribunal.''

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PART III
1.
Cap. 542

2.
The Local
Government
Service
(Negotiating
Machinery)
Act, 1963

3.
(1) Subsection (1) of section 2 is amended(a) by deleting the definition ''award'' and substituting therefor the following:''award'' means an award made by the President
under section 13;'';
(b) by deleting the definition ''Board'';
(c) in the definition ''strike'' by inserting immediately
after the word and comma ''employer,'' in the
fourth line, the words ''or a concerted interruption of work or performance of work on a goslow basis by any number of employees,'';
(d) by adding, immediately below the definition
''trade union11
, the following:
the Tribunal'' means the Permanent Labour
Tribunal established by the Permanent Labour
Tribunal Act, 1967.''
(2) Section 3 is repealed and replaced by the
following ..
''3.-(1) There shall be established for the purposes
of this Act a National Joint Staff Council which
shall consist of a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and
such number of members not less than ten and not
more than twenty, as the, Minister may prescribe.
(2) The members of the Council shall be appointed
by the Minister from persons who have been nominated by the Commission and the trade union anti
who are(a) civil servants; or
(b) employees of the Commission; or
(c) representatives of an Association of Local
Authorities; or
(d) officers or representatives of the trade union:
Provided that the Chairman of the Council shall be
one of the persons nominated by the Commission and
the Vice-Chairman shall be one of the persons
nominated by the trade union.
(3) subject to the provisions of this Act, the
Minister may prescribe the number of members who
shall be appointed from persons nominated by the
Commission and the number of such members who
shall be appointed from persons nominated by the
trade union, and may by regulations, provide for
the terms of office of members of the Council, the
filling of vacancies on the Council, the procedure
to be adopted by the Council at meetings thereof
(including, but without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing, the number of members required
to make up a quorum) the procedure, for the
reporting of disputes and for such other matters
as seem to be necessary, expedient or desirable in
relation to the Council or to the carrying out of
its functions.''
(3) Section 7 is amended by deleting subsections (2)
and (3) and substituting therefor the following:
''(2) Every agreement recorded and signed in
accordance with subsection (1) shall be submitted
to the Minister who shall submit the same, together
with such comments as he may wish to make thereon, to the Tribunal.

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(3) Where an agreement is submitted to the Tribunal under subsection (21), the Tribunal shall
consider the same and make recommendations relating
thereto to the President.
(4) In considering an agreement under this Section
the Tribunal shall have the same powers and shad
be subject to the same obligations, with such
modifications as may be necessary, as if such agreement were a matter referred to it under the Permanent Labour Tribunal Act, 1967.
(5) On receipt of the recommendations of the
Tribunal m. respect of any agreement under this
section the President shall direct:
(a) that the agreement be accepted by the statutory authority without modifications; or
(b) that the agreement be accepted by the
statutory authority with such modifications as
may be specified by him; or
(c) that the agreement be rejected by the statutory
authority.
(6) Every direction given by the President under
subsection (5) in respect Of any agreement under
subsection (1) shall be final and binding upon the
statutory authority and those employing authorities
and junior local government officers to whom the
agreement relates for a period of twelve months
from the date of such direction and no application
to negotiate another agreement relating to any
matter covered by the agreement or to vary the
agreement or matter which involves the variation of
the agreement shall, save with the, prior permission
of the Minister, be placed upon the agenda of or
discussed within the Council until the expiration of
such period of twelve months.
(7) Where the President has directed that an
agreement under subsection (1) be accepted by the
statutory authority, whether with or without any
modifications, the Minister may, if he considers it
desirable, cause the agreement, with any modification
specified in the President's direction, to be published
in such manner as he may think fit.''.
(4) Section 8 is amended by deleting the word
''Commission'' and substituting therefor the word
''Minister''
(5) Section 9 is amended(a) by deleting the word ''Commission'' in the
first line and substituting therefor the word
''Minister''; and
(b) by deleting the words ''a Board'' in para.
graph (b) and substituting therefor the words
''the Tribunal''.
(6) Sections 9 and 10 are amended(a) by deleting the word "Commission " in the
soever it occurs therein and substituting there"Minister"; and
(b) in section 9(i) by deleting the word ''it'' in the first line
thereof and substituting therefor the word
''him''; and
(ii) by deleting the word ''it'' in the first line
of Paragraph (a) thereof and substituting
therefor the word ''he''
(7) Section 11 is repealed and replaced by the
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11.-(1) Where under paragraph (b) of

section 9, the Minister refers a dispute
to the Tribunal, the Tribunal shall
consider the causes and circumstances of
the dispute and shall submit its report
in respect thereof to the Minister.
(2) in considering a dispute under this
section the Tribunal shall have the same
powers. and shall be subject to the same
obligations, with such modifications as
may be necessary, as if such dispute were
a matter referred to it under the Permanent Labour Tribunal Act, 1967.''

(8) Section 12 is amended(a) in subsections (1) and (2)(i) by deleting the words ''a Board'' wheresoever they occur therein and substituting
therefor the words ''the Tribunal''; and
(ii) by deleting the word ''Commission'' and
the words ''secretary to the Commission''
wheresoever they occur therein and substituting therefor m each case the word
''Minister''; and
(b) by deleting subsection (3) and substituting
therefor the following:-''(3) Where a dispute is referred to the Tribunal
under section 9, the Tribunal shall submit its
report in respect of such dispute to the Minister
without delay and, where practicable, within
twenty-one days from the date of reference.''
(9) Section 13 is hereby repealed and replaced by
the following: 13.-(1) Where the report of the
''Award
by the
Tribunal in respect of any dispute
President
referred to it under section 9 is submitted to the Minister, the Minister
shall, without delay and if practicable
within fourteen days of the receipt of
the report, submit the report together
with an, comments he may wish to
make thereon, to the President.
(2) On receipt of the report of the
Tribunal and the comments, if any, of
the Minister, the President may, after
considering the same, make an award on
the dispute.
(3) Any award made by the President
under this section may be expressed to
have retrospective effect and shall be
made within twenty-one days from the
date on which the report of the Tribunal
and the comments, if any, of the Minister
were submitted to the President, unless
in the opinion of the President, the
special circumstances of the case make
it necessary or desirable to postpone the
making of the award for such period or
periods as the President may, in writing,
allow.
(4) In any proceedings under, or for
an offence against this Act, a certificate purporting to be under the hand
of the Minister that the President has
or has not made an award on or by
a date specified therein, or that the
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... and,
the period for making an award
where the President has postponed such
Period, specifying the further period
within which the award shall made,
shall be admissible in evidence with
out further proof and shall be made conclusive evidence of the facts stated
therein.".
(10) Section 14 is amended by deleting the word
''Commission'' in the first line and substituting therefor the word ''President''
(11) Section 15 is repealed.
(12) Section 16 is amended(a) by deleting the words ''Subject to the proviso
to subsection (1) of section 13, every award
made by the Commission'' in the first two lines
and substituting therefor the words ''Every
award made by the President''; and
(b) by deleting the word ''Commission'' in the
seventh line and substituting therefor the word
''Minister''
(13) Section 17 is amended(a) in subsection (2), by deleting the words ''a
Board'' which occur in the lost line and substituting therefor the words ''the Tribunal'';
and
(b) in subsection (3), by deleting the words ''a
Board'' which occur in the fourth line and
substituting therefor the words ''the Tribunal''.
(14) Section 18 is amended by deleting subsection
(1) and substituting therefor the following:''(1) Where a local dispute has been
referred to the Tribunal under section
17. the Tribunal shall proceed to
consider the causes and circumstances
thereof in accordance with section 11
and shall submit its report to the
Commission without delay and, where
practicable, within twenty-one days of
the reference and the Commission shall
forward the report to the Minister.''
(15) Subsection (2) of section 19 is amended(a) by deleting the word ''Commission'' wheresoever it occurs in paragraphs A. (a) and A. (b)
and substituting therefor the word ''Minister'';
(b) by deleting the words ''a Board'' in paragraph
A. (c) (i) (iii) and substituting therefor the
words ''the Tribunal'';
(c) in paragraph A. (c) (ii)(i) by deleting the words ''a Board'' and ''the
Board'' wheresoever they, occur therein and
substituting therefor in each case the words
''the Tribunal''; and
(ii) by deleting the word ''Commission'' wheresoever it occurs therein and substituting therefor the word "President''I
(d) by deleting the words ''a Board'' in paragraph
B. (c) (i) (IV) and substituting therefor the
words ''the Tribunal''; and
(c) in paragraph B. (c) (ii)G) by, deleting the words ''a Board'' and ''the
Board'' wheresoever they occur therein and
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(ii) by deleting the word ''Commission'' wheresoever it occurs therein and substituting therefor the word ''President''
(16) The title to Part VI is deleted and replaced
with the title ''MISCELLANEOUS'.
(17) Sections 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 28 arc replaced.
(16) Section 30 is repealed and replaced by the
following,.''Regula30.-(1) The Minister may make
tions and
regulation for the better carrying into
directions
effect of the provisions and Purposes
of this Act and, without prejudice to
the generality of the foregoing, may
make regulations prescribing any thing
that is to be prescribed under this Act.
(2) The Minister may give directions
relating to the scope, method and
conduct of any specified proceedings
before the Tribunal under this Act:
Provided that no such direction shall
be inconsistent with any provision of the
Permanent Labour Tribunal Act, 1967
relating to the powers and duties of the
Tribunal.''
SECOND SCHEDULE
PART I
PRELIMINARY

in this Schedule ''operative date'' means the date on which the Permanent Labour
Tribunal Act, 1967 comes into operation.
PART 11
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION RELATING To THE REGULATION OF WAGES AND TERMS OF
EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE
Notwithstanding the amendments to the Regulation of Wages and Terms of
Employment ordinance (hereinafter in this Part referred to as ''the Ordinance'') made
by paragraph (2) of Part I of the First Schedule, every minimum wage board
established under section 4 of the Ordinance as in force before the operative date shall
be deemed to have been established under the said section as in force after the operative
date.
PART III
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE
(NEGOTIATING MACHINERY) ACT, 1962
Notwithstanding the amendments to the Civil Service (Negotiating Machinery) Act,
1962 (hereinafter in this Part referred to as ''the Act'') made by Part 11 of the First
Schedule(1) where immediately before the operative date an agreement has been reached
within the Joint Staff Council and such agreement has been recorded and signed
as required by subsection (1) of section 7 of the Act, the provisions of subsection
(2) and (3) of the said section as, in force immediately before the operative date
shall apply to such agreement;
(2) where immediately before the operative date any proceedings are pending before
a Board of Inquiry, the Board shall continue in existence and shall continue and
conclude such proceedings as if such amendments had not been made and the
Minister may make an award on the receipt of the report of the Board in
accordance with section 13 of the Act as in force immediately before the operative
date;
(3) where the Minister makes an award pursuant to the powers vested in him by
paragraph (2) of this part, the provisions of the Act as in force immediately
before the operative date shall apply to such award; and
(4) any regulations made under section 27 of the Act as in force immediately
before the operative date shall be deemed to have been made under section 27 as
in force on the operative date.

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PART IV
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SERVICE (NEGOTIATING MACHINERY) ACT, 1963
Notwithstanding the amendments to the Local Government (Negotiating Machinery)
Act, 1963 (hereinafter m this Part referred to as ''the Act'') made by Part III of the
First Schedule(1) where immediately before the operative date an agreement has been reached
within the National Joint Staff Council and such agreement has been recorded
and signed as required by subsection (1) of section 7 of the Act, the provisions
of subsections (2) and (3) of the said section as in force immediately before the
operative date shall apply to such agreement;
(2) where immediately before the operative date any proceedings are pending before
a Board of Inquiry the Board shall continue in existence and shall continue and
conclude such proceedings as if such amendments had not been made and the
Commission may make an award on the receipt of the report of the Board in
accordance with section 13 of the Act as m force before the operative date; and
(3) where the Commission makes an award pursuant to the powers vested III it by
paragraph (2) of this Part, the provisions of the Act as In force immediately
before the operative date shall apply to such award.

Passed in the National Assembly on the twenty-fifth day of October,

1967.

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